CVE-2000-0840 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in the XMail POP3 server, affecting versions prior to 0.59. This flaw allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary commands on the vulnerable system by sending an excessively long USER command. With a CVSS score of 10.0 (HIGH), this vulnerability poses a severe risk, enabling complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its age and high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit or Nuclei, and it has garnered no community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.58CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:davide_libenzi:xmail:0.58:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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